#A9B321#A9B321

#A9B321 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.156 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B321
RGB	rgb(169, 179, 33)
HSL	hsl(64, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(64, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 81.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -20.24, 66.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 69.06, 107.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0631 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.156 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7579, 40.7857, 7.5854)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B321 #2B21B3

analogous

#B37421 #A9B321 #60B321

triadic

#A9B321 #21A9B3 #B321A9

tetradic

#A9B321 #21B374 #2B21B3 #B32160

square

#A9B321 #21B374 #2B21B3 #B32160

split-complementary

#A9B321 #2160B3 #7421B3

monochromatic

#474C0E #787F17 #A9B321 #CFDA37 #DBE46B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A9B321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#A9B321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B321

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B321	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AC30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 179, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.156 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c96b',
    500: '#a9b321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b321;
$custom-light: #c6c96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.11,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73468,
    "c": 0.15624,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B321

secondary

#6D66CA

accent

#3CEC48

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B321

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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